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文本和翻译
Lesson 21 Mad or not是不是疯了
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
参考译文
飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。然而去年机场开始使用了。有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去，我是少数留下来的人中的一个。有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。大家都说我肯定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。
词汇和短语
mad adj. 发疯
reason n. 原因
sum n. 量
determined adj. 坚定的，下决心的
Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
must + have + 过去分词表示对过去发生的事情或状态进行推测，语气比较坚定，通常只用于肯定句。如：
It must have rained last night, for the ground is wet.
You must have been mad to speak to the servant.
情态动词表示猜测的情况：
表示对过去的推测：主要用may ,can, could, must + have done来表示。
She may have sent a letter to her mother, for her mother arrived here this morning.
It must have rained last night, for the ground was quilt wet.
He must have finished his homework, you ask him for help.
We went to the Great Wall.----- That must have been nice.
如果对现在的情况表示猜测，则用may, must, can + 动词原形。
Mary must have some problem: she keeps crying.
There’s the bell. It must be Tom.
She may be at home.
Peter might phone, if he does ,could you ask him to ring later?
Must 表示推测，一般用于肯定句，在疑问句或否定句中，用can和can’t
It can’be Mary. She is on sick leave.
Tom can’t have finished his composition. He is still working on it.
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本课课文复述提纲：
1.Where do I live?
2.What can I hear day and night?
3.When did the airport build?
4.Could it be used then?
5.When did it come into use?
6.How many people have been driven away from their homes?
7.Was I offered a large sum of money to go away?
8.Did I accept the money or stay there?
